Publications & CV

CAITLIN RATHIE GABOR
Professor
Department of Biology
Associate Director of the Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center / Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
(512) 245-3387 (Work); (512) 245-8713 (Fax)

EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin – Postdoc 1997-2000 (Dr. Mike Ryan)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly USL) – Ph.D. 1997 (Dr. Robert Jaeger)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette – M.S. 1993 (Dr. Robert Jaeger)
University of California at Santa Barbara – B.A. 1990

AWARDS/Fellowships
Animal Behavior Society Fellow 2020
TXST Mariel Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award. 2020
Fulbright Scholar Award – Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Lendulet Evolutionary Ecology Campus 2019
TSU Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activities (Associate/Professor) 2015
Erskine Fellowship – visiting fellow at Canterbury University 2016
Fulbright Specialist Program Grant 2015- Hungary
TXST Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities(Assistant Prof.) 2005

BOOK
Behavioral Ecology of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander: 50 Years of Research. 2016.  by Robert Jaeger, Birgit Gollmann, Carl Anthony, Caitlin Gabor, and Nancy Kohn. Oxford University Press. PurchaseBE pcPUBLICATIONS

  1. Bryant, A., Gabor CR. In press. Agricultural land use change alters parasitic infection cycles in Hyla versicolor Icthyology and Herpetology
  2. +Panahi Hassan Barough S, +Monroe DJ,*Clark TC, Gabor CR. 2025 Investigating the Temporal Effects of Thermal Stress on Corticosterone Release and Growth in Toad Tadpoles. Biology. 14,255. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14030255
  3. Ujhegyi, N., Bombay, B., Gabor, CR, Bókony, V. 2025. Unexpected hormonal and behavioral responses to anthropogenic stressors in young common toads. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
  4. +Irwin, K, *Hathorn, G, Gabor, CR. 2025. Considerations when applying barrier task detour design paradigm to detect ecological consequences of urban stream syndrome. Journal of Fish Biology.
  5. Burraco, P, Gabor, CR, +Bryant, A, Gardette, V, Lengagne, T, Bonzom, J, Orizaola, G. 2024. Ionizing radiation has negligible effects on the age, telomere length, and corticosterone levels of Chornobyl tree frogs. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0287
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    https://au.news.yahoo.com/shock-discovery-about-radioactive-frogs-at-chernobyl-024731134.html
    https://www.iflscience.com/frogs-of-chernobyl-adapted-to-survive-high-radiation-now-they-dont-need-to-76664
    https://theconversation.com/las-ranas-de-chernobil-envejecen-bien-240567
    https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2024/11/06/investigadores-de-oviedo-y-donana-examinan-el-envejecimiento-de-las-ranas-de-chernobil/
  6. Barnhart-McCarty, K., LaBumbard, B., Whetstone, R., Ahsan, R., Bletz, M., Alkhalifa, SE., Poltronetti, A., Gabor, CR., Schliep, K., Tokash-Peters, A., Umile, TP., Minbiole, K., Woodhams, DC. 2024. Micromanagement: Conditions influencing antipathogen function of the skin microbiome in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2024.1425570
  7. +Monroe, D, Bókony, V, Gabor, CR. 2024. Physiological and behavioral variation by urbanization and climate in an urban-tolerant toad. Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 2 https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2024.1444580
  8. +Panahi Hassan Barough, S., Suárez-Rodríguez, M, Aspbury, AS, Zúñiga-Vega, JJ, Gabor, CR. 2024. Hormonal Dynamics of Matrotrophy vs. Lecithotrophy in Live-Bearing Fish Reproduction. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111699
  9. Irwin, K, Aspbury, AS, Bonner, T., Gabor CR. 2024. Habitat structural complexity predicts cognitive performance and behavior in western mosquitofish. Biology Letters. 20 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0394. pdf
  10. Bryant, A. R., & Gabor, C. R. 2024. Lack of glucocorticoid flexibility is indicative of wear-and-tear in Hyla versicolor tadpoles from agricultural environments. Environmental Pollution, 356, 124265. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124265
  11. Flanagan, M. M., *Stottlemyre, H. J., & Gabor, C. R. 2024. Traffic Noise Impacts Glucocorticoid Response, Activity, and Growth in Two Species of Tadpoles. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae032
  12. Harris, B.N., Bauer, CM, Gabor, C.R. 2024. Pandemic Impact Factors: Resiliency of the comparative endocrinology community in the face of COVID-19. General and Comparative Physiology 345, 114394.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114394
  13. Bókony, V., Kalina, C., Ujhegyi, N., Mikó, Z., Lefler, K. K., Vili, N., Gál, Z., Gabor, C. R., & Hoffmann, O. I. 2023. Does stress make males? An experiment on the role of glucocorticoids in anuran sex reversal. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2772
  14. Villatoro-Castañeda, M., Forsburg, Z.R., Ortiz, W., Fritts, SR, Gabor, C.R, Carlos-Shanley, C. 2023. Exposure to Roundup and antibiotics alters gut microbial communities, growth, and behavior in Rana berlandieri tadpoles. Biology. DOI: 10.3390/biology12091171
  15. Üveges, B.; Kalina, C.; Szabó, K.; Móricz, Á. M.; Holly, D.; Gabor, C.R.; Hettyey, A; Bókony, V. 2023. Does the glucocorticoid stress response make toads more toxic? An experimental study on the regulation of bufadienolide toxin synthesis. Integrative and Organismal Biology DOI: 10.1093/iob/obad021
  16. Guzman, A*, Miller, O., Gabor, CR. 2023. Elevated water temperature initially affects reproduction and behavior but not cognitive performance or physiology in Gambusia affinis. General and Comparative Physiology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648023001120
  17. Monroe, DJ+, Barny, LA, Wu*, A., Minbiole KP, Gabor, CR. 2023. An integrated physiological perspective on anthropogenic stressors in the Gulf Coast toad (Incilius nebulifer). Ecol. Evol. Sec. Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1112982. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1112982/full
  18. Gabor CR, Villatoro-Castañeda M+, Carlos-Shanley C, Ujhegyi N, Bókony V. 2023. Gut bacterial communities vary across habitats and their diversity increases with increasing glucocorticoids in toad tadpoles. Diversity. 15(1):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010023
  19. Gabor CR, Lindström J, Macias Garcia C. 2022. Using behavioural ecology to explore adaptive responses to anthropogenic change — introduction. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 76:1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03204-7
  20. Bryant, A.R.; Gabor, C.R.; Swartz, L.K.; Wagner, R.; Cochrane, M.M.; Lowe, W.H. Differences in Corticosterone Release Rates of Larval Spring Salamanders (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) in Response to Native Fish Presence. Biology 2022, 11, 484. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040484
  21. Kolonin, A, Bókony, V, Bonner, TH, Zúñiga-Vega, JJ, Aspbury, AS & Gabor, CR. 2022 Coping with urban habitats via glucocorticoid flexibility: physiology, behavior, and life history in stream fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62-90-103 doi: 10.1093/icb/icac002
  22. Gabor CR, Kivlin SN, Hua J, Bickford N, Reiskind MOB, Wright TF. 2021. Understanding Organismal Capacity to Respond to Anthropogenic Change: Barriers and Solutions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 1093/icb/icab162
  23. Forsburg, Z, Guzman, A., Gabor CR. 2021. Artificial light at light (ALAN) affects the stress physiology but not the behavior or growth of Rana berlandieri and Bufo valliceps. Environmental Pollution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116775
  24. Muraco, J, Monroe, D, Aspbury, AS, Gabor, CR. 2021. Do Females in a Unisexual-Bisexual Species Complex Differ in Their Behavioral Syndromes and Cortisol Production? Biology Biology 10, 186. doi:10.3390/biology10030186
  25. Miner, K, Huertas, M, Aspbury, AS, Gabor, CR. 2021. Artificial light at night alters the physiology and behavior of western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.617063/abstract
  26. Bókony, V, Ujhegyi , N, Hamow, AK, Bosch, J , Thumsová, B, Vörös, J, Aspbury, AS, Gabor, CR. 2021. Stressed tadpoles mount more efficient glucocorticoid negative feedback in anthropogenic habitats due to phenotypic plasticity. Science of the Total Environment pdf. 
  27. Goff, C, Rodriguez, D, Gabor, CR, Walls, S. 2020. Changes in physiology and microbial diversity in larval ornate chorus frogs are associated with habitat quality. Conservation Physiology 8 https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa047
  28. Gabor, CR & Walls, S. 2020. Editorial: Contributions of Behavior and Physiology to Conservation Biology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00033
  29. Barnhart, K., Bletz, M., LaBumbard, B., Tokash-Peters, A., Gabor, CR., Woodhams, DC. 2020. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans elicits stress response in spotted salamanders but not infection or mortality. Animal Conservation https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12565
  30. Narayan, E, Gabor, CR, Forsburg, ZR, Davis, D. 2019. Non-invasive methods for measuring and monitoring stress physiology in imperiled amphibians. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00431
  31. Kim, D, Zuniga-Vega, JJ, Gabor, CR & Aspbury, AS. 2019. Smaller rival males do not affect male mate choice or cortisol but do affect 11-ketotestosterone in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex of fish. Behavioural Processes pdf https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZYTE1LenMGZSP
  32. Walls, S & Gabor, CR. 2019. Integrating behavior and physiology into strategies for amphibian conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00234
  33. Forsburg, Z., Robicheaux, J*, Almond, G*, Perkins, H*, Goff, C, Gabor, CR. 2019. Validation of water-borne cortisol and corticosterone in tadpoles: Recovery rate from an acute stressor, repeatability, and evaluating rearing methods. General and Comparative Endocrinology 281:145-152
  34. Aspbury, A., DeColo, S., Goff, C., Gabor, CR. 2019. Turbidity affects association behavior in the endangered Fountain darter, Etheostoma fonticola. Hydrobiologia. https://rdcu.be/bIiSl
  35. Gabor, CR, Perkins, H*, Heitmann, A*, Aspbury, A. 2019. Roundup with corticosterone functions as an infodisruptor to antipredator response in tadpoles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 114. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00114
  36. Novarro AJ, Gabor CR, Goff CB, Mezebish TD, Thompson LM & Grayson KL. 2018. Physiological responses to elevated temperature across the geographic range of a terrestrial salamander. The Journal of Experimental Biology. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/221/18/jeb178236.pdf?ijkey=qUqsDrLOEd8sDxx&keytype=finite
  37. Charbonnier, J., Pearlmutter, J., Vonesh, J., Gabor, CR, Forsburg, Z. & Grayson, K. 2018. Cross-Life Stage Effects of Aquatic Larval Density and Terrestrial Moisture on Growth and Corticosterone in the Spotted Salamander. Diversity 10, 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10030068
  38. Kim, D, Earley, R, Chavera, C, & Gabor, CR. 2018. Individual variation in ACTH-induced cortisol levels in females of a livebearing fish at different gestational stages. General and Comparative Endocrinology 261:51-58. pdf
  39. Gabor, CR, DR Davis, D Kim, K Zabierek, & NF Bendik. 2018. Urbanization is associated with elevated corticosterone in Jollyville Plateau salamanders. Ecological Indicators 85:229-235 pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.047
  40. Kearns, P, Fischer, Fernández-Beaskoetxea, S, Gabor, CR, Bosch, J Bowen, Tlusty & Woodhams. 2018. Fight fungi with fungi: Antifungal properties of the amphibian mycobiome. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02494
  41. Gabor, CR, ER Roznick, SK Knutie & J Rohr. 2018. Negative effects of contaminants and disease on amphibians are not mediated by the stress hormone corticosterone. Oecologia 186: 393-404 pdf
  42. Knutie, SK, Gabor, CR, Kohl, KD, Rohr, JR. 2018. Do host-associated gut microbiota mediate the effect of an herbicide on disease risk in frogs? Journal of Animal Ecology. pdf
  43. Gabor, CR, Z Forsburg, J Vörös, C Serrano-Laguna, & J Bosch. 2017. Differences in chytridiomycosis infection costs between two amphibian species from Central Europe.  Amphibia-Reptilia. 38: 250-256.Gabor etal17amre
  44. Davis, DR, DL DeSantis, CR Gabor. 2017. Antipredator behavior of the Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum) in response to aquatic invertebrates Hydrobiologia. Davis-etal2017
  45. Aspbury, AS, K Grayson, S Fantaye, I Nichols, M Myers-Burton, X Ortiz-Mangual, & CR Gabor. 2017. The association between male-biased sex ratio and indicators of stress in red-spotted newts. Physiology and Behavior 173:156-162.pdf
  46. Zabierek KC & Gabor CR. 2016 Multimodal communication, mismatched messages and the effects of turbidity on the antipredator behavior of the Barton Springs salamander, Eurycea sosorum. Behavioural Processes 130:4-10.pdf
  47. Blake CA & Gabor CR. 2016 Exploratory behaviour and novel predator recognition: behavioural correlations across contexts. J Fish Biol 89:1178–1189. Blake pdf
  48. Gabor CR, Zabierek KC, Kim DS, Alberici da Barbiano L, Mondelli MJ, Bendik NF & Davis DR. 2016 A non-invasive water-borne assay of stress hormones in aquatic salamanders. Copeia 2016:172-181.pdf
  49. DeColo SL, Aspbury AS, Ostrand KG & Gabor CR. 2016 Male-male interactions and their influence on the mating behavior and success in the fountain darter, Etheostoma fonticola. Acta Ethologica 19:15-20. pdf
  50. Swanbrow Becker LJ, Brooks EM, Gabor CR & Ostrand KG. 2016 Effects of Turbidity on Foraging Behavior in the Endangered Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticola). The American Midland Naturalist 175:55-63.pdf
  51. Gabor CR, Fisher MC & Bosch J. 2015 Elevated corticosterone levels and changes in amphibian behavior are associated with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) Infection and Bd Lineage. Plos One.
  52. Davis DR & Gabor CR. 2015 Behavioral and physiological antipredator responses of the San Marcos salamander, Eurycea nana. Physiology & Behavior 139:145-149. pdf
  53. Blake CA, Alberici da Barbiano L, Guenther JE & Gabor CR. 2015 Recognition and Response to native and novel predators in the Largespring mosquitofish, Gambusia geiseri. Ethology 121:227-235. pdf
  54. Reedy AM, Edwards A, Pendlebury C, Murdaugh L, Avery R, Seidenberg J, Aspbury AS & Gabor CR. 2014 An acute increase in the stress hormone corticosterone is associated with mating behavior in both male and female red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridescens. General and Comparative Endocrinology 208:57-63. pdf
  55. Kim D, Waller J, Aspbury AS & Gabor CR. 2014 Mating preferences of the gynogenetic Amazon molly differ between populations sympatric with different host species. Ethology 120:1053-1061. pdf
  56. Blake CA & Gabor CR. 2014 Effect of prey personality depends on predator species. Behavioral Ecology 25:871-877. pdf
  57. Muraco JJ, Aspbury AS & Gabor CR. 2014 Does male behavioral type correlate with species recognition and stress? Behavioral Ecology 25:200-205. pdf
  58. Alberici da Barbiano L, Robinson RJ, Tobler M, Aspbury AS & Gabor CR. 2014 Differences in resource assimilation between the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa (Poeciliidae) and its sexual host (Poecilia latipinna). Environmental Biology of Fishes 97:875-880. pdf
  59. Alberici da Barbiano L, Gompert Z, Aspbury AS, Gabor CR & Nice CC. 2013 Population genomics reveals a possible history of backcrossing and recombination in the gynogenetic fish Poecilia formosa.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:110 (34) 13797-13802. pdf
  60. Gabor CR, Aspbury AS & Rodríguez RL. 2013 Geographic variation in behaviour: An introduction.  Evolutionary Ecology Research 15:601-604.
  61. Gabor CR, Alberici da Barbiano L & Aspbury AS. 2013 Geographic variation in male mate choice in a gynogenetic species complex: evaluating long-term data across mating contexts. EER 15:653-666.pdf
  62. DeSantis DL, Davis DR & Gabor CR. 2013 Chemically mediated predator avoidance in the Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum). Herpetologica 69:291-297.pdf
  63. CR Gabor, J. Bosch, J. Fries & D. Davis. 2013. A non-invasive water-borne hormone assay for amphibians. Amphibia-Reptilia 34:151-162pdf
  64. CR Gabor, M. Fisher, J. Bosch. 2013. A non-invasive stress assay shows that tadpole populations infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis have elevated corticosterone levels. PLOSone 8, e56054
  65. L. Alberici da Barbiano, L. Rangel, AS Aspbury, CR Gabor. 2012. Male permissiveness in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex promotes maintenance of a vertebrate unisexual sperm-dependent species. Behaviour 149:869-879. pdf
  66. D. Davis, K. Epp & CR Gabor. 2012. Predator generalization decreases the effect of introduced predators in the San Marcos salamander, Eurycea nana. Ethology 118:119-1197. pdf
  67. L. Swanbrow Becker & CR Gabor. 2012. Effects of turbidity and visual versus chemical cues on anti-predator response in the endangered fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola). Ethology 118:994-1000. pdf
  68. B. Sandkam, JB Joy, CT Watson, P. Gonzalez-Bendiksen, CR Gabor, and F Breden. 2012. Hybridization leads to sensory repertoire expansion in a gynogenetic fish, the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa): a test of the hybrid-sensory expansion hypothesis. Evolution. 67:120-130. pdf
  69. CR Gabor & A. Contreras. 2012. Measuring water-borne cortisol in sailfin mollies: is the process stressful, can stress levels be minimized and is cortisol correlated with sex steroids? Journal of Fish Biology 81:1327-1339. pdf
  70. CR Gabor, AS Aspbury, J. Ma & C. Nice. 2012. The role of androgens in sperm production and species recognition in Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Physiology & Behavior. 105:885-892. pdf
  71. L. Swanbrow, A. S. Aspbury & C. R. Gabor. 2012. Body size dependent male sexual behavior in a natural population of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna). American Midland Naturalist 167:366-372. pdf
  72. D. Robinson, *T. Konkin-Garcia, *C. M. Espinedo, C. R. Gabor & A. Asbpury. 2011. Seasonal effects on female fecundity and male sperm availability in a thermal stable temperate population of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna). American Midland Naturalist. 166:394-403. pdf
  73. C. R. Gabor, *M. Parmley, & A. S. Aspbury. 2011. Repeatability of female preferences in a unisexual-bisexual mating system. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13:145-157. pdf
  74. L. Alberici da Barbiano, A. S. Aspbury, C. Nice, C. R. Gabor. 2011. The impact of social context on male mate preference in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex.  Journal of Fish Biology 79:194-204. pdf
  75. L. Alberici da Barbiano, J. Waller, & C. R. Gabor. 2010. Differences in competitive efficiency between a sexual parasite and its host may explain the maintenance of a sperm-dependent vertebrate species. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 25:523-530. pdf
  76. M Thaker, JN Fries, KJ Epp, & C. R. Gabor.  2010. Cohabitation patterns of the San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana). Amphibia-Reptilia 31:503-508.pdf
  77. CR Gabor & M. S. Grober. 2010. A potential role of male and female androgen in species recognition in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex. Hormones and Behavior 57:427-433.pdf
  78. Gabor, CR Gonzalez, R., *Parmley, M. & Aspbury, A. S. 2010. Variation in male sailfin molly preference for female size: Does sympatry with sexual parasites drive preference for smaller conspecifics? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 783-792. pdf
  79. Espinedo, C. Gabor, C. R., & Aspbury, A. S. 2010. Males, but not females, contribute to sexual isolation between two sympatric species of Gambusia. Evolutionary Ecology 24:865-878.pdf
  80. K. J. Epp, R. Gonzales & C. R. Gabor. 2010. The role of water-borne chemical cues in mediating social interactions of the Texas blind salamander, Eurycea rathbuni. Amphibia-Reptilia 31: 294-298. pdf
  81. A. Aspbury, J. M Coyle, & C. R. Gabor. 2010. Effect of predation on male mating behavior in a unisexual-bisexual mating system. Behaviour 147:53-63.pdf
  82. A. Aspbury, C. Espinedo, & C. R. Gabor. 2010. Lack of species discrimination based on chemical cues by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna. Evolutionary Ecology 24:69-82.pdf
  83. Lucas, L.K., Fries, J. N., Gabor, C. R., & Nice, C. C. 2009. Genetic variation and structure in Eurycea nana, a federally threatened salamander endemic to the San Marcos Springs. Journal of Herpetology 43:220-227.pdf
  84. Gabor, C. R. & A. S. Aspbury.  2008. Non-repeatable mate choice by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna, in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex. Behavioral Ecology 19: 871-878.pdf
  85. K. J. Epp & C. R. Gabor.  2008. Innate and learned predator avoidance mediated by chemical cues in Eurycea nana. Ethology 114:607-615.pdf
  86. D. M. Robinson, A. S. Aspbury, & C. R. Gabor. 2008. Differential sperm expenditure by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna, in a unisexual-bisexual species complex and the influence of spermiation during mating. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; 62:705-711.pdf
  87. Thaker, M., C. R. Gabor, & J. N. Fries. 2006. Sensory cues and association in San Marcos salamanders. Herpetologica 62:151-155.pdf
  88. Gumm, J. M, *R. Gonzalez, A. S. Aspbury & C. R. Gabor. 2006.  Do I know you? Species recognition in a unisexual-bisexual species complex of mollies. Ethology 112:448-457. pdf
  89. Gumm, J. M, & C. R. Gabor.  2005. Asexuals looking for sex: Conflict between species and mate-quality recognition in sailfin mollies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58: 558-565.pdf
  90. Gabor, C. R., M. J. Ryan, & D. C. Morizot. 2005. Character displacement in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: allozymes, behavior, and morphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 73: 75-88.pdf
  91. Aspbury, A. S., & C. R. Gabor.  2004. Discriminating males alter sperm production between species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:15970-15973.pdf
    1. (Featured in ScienceNOW, Science Magazine’s online news service 11/04; CBC radio Quirks and Quarks, 11/04; PNAS article highlights, 11/04; Natural History Magazine 3/05; Wissenschaft Online, 11/04; Le Scienze Online, 11/04)
  92. Gabor, C. R., & C. C. Nice.  2004. Genetic variation among populations of Eastern Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens: A preliminary analysis based on allozymes. Herpetologica 60:373-386. pdf
  93. Aspbury, A. S. & C. R. Gabor. 2004. Differential sperm priming by male sailfin mollies: Effects of female and male size.  Ethology 110: 193-202. pdf
  94. Gabor, C. R., & R. Page*.  2003. Female preference for large males in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: the importance of predation pressures and reproductive status.  Acta Ethologica 6:7-12.pdf
  95. Gabor, C. R. & M. J. Ryan.  2001.  Geographical variation in reproductive character displacement in mate choice by male sailfin mollies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B, Biological Sciences 268:1063-1070. Pdf
  96. Gabor, C. R., J. Krenz, & R. Jaeger.  2000.  Female choice, male interference, and sperm precedence in the red-spotted newt.  Behavioral Ecology   11:115-124.pdf
  97. Gabor, C. R. & R. G. Jaeger.  1999.  When salamanders misrepresent threat signals.  Copeia 1999:1123-1126.pdf
  98. Gabor, C. R.  1999.  Association patterns of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna): alternative hypotheses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology   46:333-340.pdf
    1. Nature article on Crappy Gabor proof reading
    2. I F…ing Love Science article
  99. Jaeger, R. G., C. R. Gabor, & H. M. Wilbur.  1998.  An assemblage of salamanders in the southern Appalachian mountains: competitive and predatory behavior.  Behaviour 135: 795-821.pdf
  100. Gabor, C. R. & T. R. Halliday. 1997.  Sequential mate choice by smooth newts: females become more choosy.  Behavioral Ecology   8:162-166.pdf
    1. (Featured in: BBC Wildlife 1997. Crestfallen newts. (15, no 12, 59))
  101. Gabor, C. R.  1996.  Differential kin discrimination by red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) and smooth newts (Triturus v. vulgaris).  Ethology 102:649-659.pdf
    1. Featured in: Nature Australia 1998. Newtritious eggs? (25, no 12, 14-15); BBC Wildlife 1997. Kin recognition. (15, no 2, 18))
  102. Gabor, C. R.  1995.  Correlational test of Mathis’ hypothesis that bigger salamanders have better territories.  Copeia 1995:729-735.pdf
  103. Gabor, C. R. & R. G. Jaeger.  1995.  Resource quality affects the agonistic behaviour of territorial salamanders.  Animal Behaviour 49:71-79. pdf
  104. Jaeger, R. G. & C. R. Gabor. 1993.  Intraspecific chemical communication by a territorial salamander via the post-cloacal gland. Copeia 1993:1171-1174.pdf

Book Chapters
Boone, MD, Hua, J, Gabor CR, Gomez-Mestre, I, Katzenberger, M, McMahon, TA, & Rumschlag, SL.2024. Ecotoxicology: Amphibian Vulnerability to Chemical Contamination. The Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP): A status review and roadmap for global amphibian conservation. IUCN Occasional Paper

Burraco, P, Gabor CR. 2023. Amphibian Ecophysiology. In Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians (pp. 24-37): CRC Press. DOI:10.1201/9781003093312-3

Gabor, CR. 2017. Agonistic Signals. In: Reference Module in Life Sciences: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01098-0

Gabor, CR. 2010 Agonistic Signals. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Vol. 1, pp. 35-39 Oxford: Academic Press.

Historical Perspective
Gabor, CR, Anthony, C. 2020. Robert Gordon Jaeger. Copeia 108:184. https://www.copeiajournal.org/copeiabjbj/poct2020021wc353183nq

Obituaries
-Gabor, CR, Petrie, M, Arnold, SJ. 2019. Tim Halliday 1945-2019. Journal of Zoology. https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14697998

-Gabor, CR, Anthony, CD, Gilette, JR, Kohn, NR, Wise, SE, Wortham, J. 2022. Of Salamanders, Cats, and Opera: Robert G. Jaeger Uber Alles. Herpetological Review Gabor et alHR_Sept_2022